tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061665328242748532.post5555713148634263374..comments2024-03-24T05:21:44.666-04:00Comments on PinkTaxiBlogger: Fournitures ScolairesPinkTaxiBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105826333680155633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061665328242748532.post-86663914268979420432010-09-18T07:58:18.023-04:002010-09-18T07:58:18.023-04:00If you happen to be in France during the last week...If you happen to be in France during the last week of August,you will hear nothing on TV,and will read nothing in theseious political papers;except about the overwhelming excitement of the French about the "Rentree"in general and the "Rentree Scholaire" in particular!The French who worship their long July-August holidays;get very nervous when they have to scuttle to purchase their children's "Fournitures".They start discussing in details the prices of their pens and their fountain pens,and the ever rising cost of their famous "Clairefontaines" .<br />Till this day Baron Bich who revolutionized the disposable pen,lighter and shaving blade in 1945 could not bring the French teacher to accept his ballpoint pen in lieu of the fountain pen!Alas the generation after our grandchildren will not need to write anymore since they will be using the new generation of the touch IPad or the verbal command technology!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com